The Huron Expositor, 1942-08-21, Page 2AU IJ wh 19"E Z
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?RTH, Friday, August
Handing It Out
A short time ago Premier Hep-
burn made ,a speech at the opening
of the Shand Dam, recently complet-
ed
on the Grand River, a short dis-
tance from Fergus, at a cost of two
1pillon dollars.
It was a notable occasion and a
notable speech the Premier delivered
for the occasion. So much so that
the daily and weekly papers of On-
tario, and quite a few beyond its
boundaries, are still commenting up-
on it, although none have publlahed
the full context of his words. Not
because it was too long, but because
it was too political for such an occa-
sion, and still further, because of the
inaccuracy of many of Mr. Hep -
burn's statements.
Concerning the latter, Hugh
1emplin, Editor of the Fergus News -
Record, and one of the members of
the Commission in charge of the con-
struction of the dam, in his paper
last week handed out • a few plain
statements on Mr. Hepburn's effort -
which read in part:
"With much of what Mr. Hepburn
said, we agree, whether it was politi-
cal or not. But he totally spoiled the
effect, entirely weakened his case,
and did no good to the war effort by
gelling a great many things that
simply were not true. We don't take
the word of the Department of Pub-
Sic Information on the subject either.
And if Mr. Hepburn doesn't know
they aren't true, he should. Has he
been deliberately kept in the dark be-
cause ofhis tendency to say too
much? Even the reporters on papers
sympathetic with Mr.v Hepburn's
views left out some of his statements,
probably because they also knew bet-
ter."
Mr. Templin is one of the Cana-
dian newspaper men' who made a
personal tour of war work and pre-
paration in the -British Isles last fall,
at the reqtest-and under the guid-
ance of the British War Ministry.
Consequently, as he says, he is , not
taking the word of the Department
of Public Information to back up his
statements, because he has his own
first hand information. .•
I. =Concerning one statement in Mr.
Hepburn's Fergus speech, `Other
democracies believe we have not car-
ried out our full share in an all-out
effort," Mr. Templin makes this fur-
ther comment: 'He (Mr. Hepburn)
' can not have visited many other dem-
ocracies since the war began. Em-
phatically, that is not true in - the
British Isles. There where the pres-
ence of our Array helped to keep off
invasion, and where our boys in the
Air Force are in daily and nightly
operations, there is no such opinion."
We do not suppose that Mr. Temp-
lin's handout will be appreciated
"very, much by Mr. Hepburn, but it
will be greatly appreciated by a
large majority of the people of On-
tario.
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Get Readp
Last week a summary of the new
legislation affecting municipalities,
enacted at the last session of the
Ontario Legislature, was received in
this office and it contains some very
interesting reading.
The, summary discloses, that the
two-year term for municii3a1 coun-
cils has -been dispensed with, and,
consequently, elections will be held
in all municipalities either in Decem-
ber or January next.
The paragraph• dealing with this
matter reads: "It is to be noted that
the. Local Government Extension
Act, 1940, was neither re-enacted nor
amended at the last session of the
Legislature which prorogued April
16, 1942. The . Act provided for an
extension of the term of officeof
those officials coming within _ the
terms of the Act who were in office
in February, 1941. Consequently,
ti�inicipal elections°' will be held in
19 ' for the year' 1943, and the vot-
1 e .lists shodd be prepared accord -
This fact is drawn to the at -
Ti of inticipal Officials because
nn7e`15e inquiries . whikh.,
ivied by the Depart-
this mat` r.7
A.06141."
lug ownsh ps are ewere. we
weuld say gist the, twa� 0�"'
Wer*+fid 113,04 Satidaetorily, a ''met
tl the'very general appy °of
the !ratepayers, In fact, we doubt if
there would have been any protest if
the terror ha been extended for an-
other two years, or for the duration.
But, appare illy; -the situation differ-
ed in other municipalities and some
Protest nai t have been made to the
Government, or otherwise it would
have continued the extension of mun-
icipal councillor's terms as a -war
measure.
However, we are back to the one-
year term again, and municipal of-
ficials will have to get ready- and
make their preparations for it.
RUBBER SCRAM
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It Was A Hoax
It is really amazing ,how a mis-
statement, uttered by some irrespon-
sible person in the morning, will be
-accepted far and wide as gospel
truth by evening.
Apparently it is that way too, ev-
en with articles and pictures issued
from official army channels in the
United States:
There was a case in point last
week when almost every American
magazine and large newspaper in
that country, as *ell as many in Can-
ada, carried an article and pictures
that portrayed and told about what
was claimed to be most ingenious
ground markings pointing to "vital.
military objectives."
'But now the American Army offi-
cials having made an investigation
of the whole thing, officially report
that the big arrow on the field was
nothing other than an interesting ex-
ample of perfectly legitimate plow-
ing; that fertilizer bags in the farm-
er's yard hadformed a perfect figure
nine,- simply because they were
thrown from a wagon on the move
which happened to make a turn that
way, and that the arrow cut through
the trees and brush was only an in-
nocent bird -feeding station and was
not a pointer to "a large air base.
These things, however, should not
be allowed to happen because• they
can not help but seriously disturb
the confidence of the public in its
channels of information. Perhaps
thearmed services were just trying
a little press propaganda of their
own because they felt they were get-
ting less than their share of atten-
tion in the press.
Whatever the cause, it should be
traced down and then remedied. War
is a very serious business andhoax-
ing the newspapers, the magazines
or the people has no place in it.
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It Startled Us
We were really startled the other
-day by a two-line double column
heading in an American • newsppaper
which ran: "Hepburn Heads Naval.
Board That Advises Knox on Pol-
icy."
It startled us because we knew the
Knox .referred to was the Secretary
of the United States Navy Depart-
ment, and we thought . we had the
one and only Hepburn.
But it is all right. We are not go-
ing to lose our Mitch. Not that he
Couldn't, or wouldn't, do the job, but
because it seems the Americans have
a" Hepburn • too. He is Admiral
J. Hepburn, former Commander -in -
Chief . of the American Fleet.
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Over The Radio
"Don't believe what you read in
the papers" is quite a\ common say-
ing. But, apparently, it is equally ap-
plicable, if not more so, to what
comes over the radio. -
Here is a case in. point. On August
3rd last, the New York Bureau of
War Information heard from an ov=
erseas listening post this message
from the Rome radio in Italy:
- "On the famed and popular Coney
Island Beach, ' according toinforma-
tion coming from New York, no
longer will crowded bathers throng,
since in the troubled waters of the
Atlantic float enormous oil stains
and bodies are washed ashore,
frightening the few bathers who
nevertheless venture to take a bath."
But Coney Island doesn't, believe it
because on that very day the only
"oil" visible there was suntan oil;
there were no "bodies" at all, and the
"few bathers" were somewhere in
the neighborhood of. nine hundred
thouand.
And hire is another. one from Ja-
erected at A,Ulstr'alia: or f A.us-
,oe fat :se Or her • 'polztce'.
From The Huron Expositor
AAtlOfttst 24, 1917
idiss iiay Skinner, of ilsborne
:was seriously..injured as a result of
a harv'es't field, runaway. Thehorse
became ,frigiel ed and in running her
feet becapae entangled in the lines,
and she was dragged some distance.
One arm was itroken and one ear al-
nrost torn 4o4 her head.
Miss Mary McGaviai, of Tucker -
smith, returned on Saturday after a
six months' visit with her brothers
and other relatives in Windsor, De-
troit, New Yetis City, Brooklyn and
various parts of New Jersey.
L. Mr. William Knechtel, of Leadbury,
had the misfortune to 'break his leg
and sustain other serious injuries.
Mr. George Douglas has sold his
Sine residence property in the north
end of Zurich to Mr. William Lamont
for the sum of $3,500.
Mr. William Thirsk, Zurich, shipped
a car of horses to Wetaskiwin, Alta.,
on Tuesday last. They were in charge
of Mr. David (leach.
Mr. Murray Gibson, of Brucefield,
attended the Grand Lodge meeting of
the Independent Order of Oddfellovvs,
held tin Toronto last week..
William Ross, of Stanley, met with
a serious accident on Saturday last.
While taking in grain the scantling
which holds the pulley to which the
slings are attached, broke and a piece
of it fell on him, knocking him down.
Mr. Wilson Berry, of Hensen, has
engaged with the Sterling Bank in
the village sand has entered upon his
duties. He will, no doubt, give good
satisfaction.
Mr. William Johnson, of Zurich, re-
cently delivered in Hensel", 32 hogs
weighing 6,880,pounds, which brought
in the, neat sum of $1,159.60.
_Word has been received. that Pte.
Fred Taylor, who made his home
with Mr. and Mrs. T. McElroy in Mc-
Killop, is expected home. shortly. He
was seriously wounded and one arm
is still ,paralyzed.
Robert Laird, Nelson Goyenlock
and Stanley Hays of the Camp Borden
aviation school, spent Sunday at their
homes here.
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Mr. L. T. DeLacey, manager of the
Ogilvie Milling Co., is spending a.
week's holidays at Capt. Hodgin's
summer home at Whitby.
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From The 'Huron Expositor
August 26, 1892
Messrs. J. O. Rose, Alex C. Winter
and Joseph Abell left on Wednesday
w on a bicycle tour to Berlin, Guelph,
Toronto. and Owen Sound. They ex-
pect to he away about a week.
Mr,
Jeuatbses Moore, • of Walton.
has rented hS farm on the 8th line
of Morris.'to Mr. James Sheldice, of
Grey, for a term of five years, at a
rental of $180. i
Mr. J. H. Pyper has returned to Sea'
forth where he has entered into part-
nership with his old eniployer,
Duncan, in the dry goods' business.
Mr. William Jackson, of the firm of
Jackson Bros., of Seaforth and Clin-
ton, returned on Tuesday from a trip.
to the Old Country.
ser. E. Hinchley, of Seaforth, has
disposed of his flour and feed-, store
to Mr. Adam Crosier.
Mr. James Archibald and Mr. Robt.
Scott left on,'Tueaday with a carload
of horses for Manitoba. Amongst the
number w'as- -Mr. Scott's ,handsome
grey roadster. , -
Mr. A. Dixon, of Wingham, has op-
ened out ,his new butcher shop on
Josephine Street, which makes the
sixth butcher shop in that town. ' •
The yield of wheat in Usborne is
very 'varied, some having 30 bushels
to the acre, but the greater number
from 20 to 25 bushels.
Paul Madge, of 'Osborne, while er-
ecting a winch:illl in Logan, lost three
horses from a pasture ,field where
they were put during the time he was
there. After roaming .through the
country for ten days they returned
to their home ion the Thames Road
on Sunday. -
• Miss Monteith, teaoher at Kippen,
has resumed her duties in No. 14,
Hay Township.
G., L. Money, Kirkton, while paint-
ing the house of Robert Doupe, of the
14th concession, Us'borne,•-had the mis-
fortune to slip off the scaffold, break-
ing two of his ribs. •
The bylaw for• the . •purpose of . en -
aiding the council to raise by way bf
Loan the sume of $14,000 for the pur-
pose of erecting. a market building
and &re hall and purchasing a site,
was voted on in Seafoilth on 'Tuesday
last and carried by a majority of 13.
The Main Street site was also carried
by- a majority of 11.
Mr. Thomas E. Hays, of McKillop,
threshed most of his grains this year
in the fields and thus saved a good.
lot of time and labor.
The quarterly. board of the E1im-
viile Methodist Church at its last.
meeting raised the salary of their
minister, Rev. J, Russell, from- $650
to $700.
relations with Great Britain
and America, it will be nec-
essary for Japan to inter-
vene with armed forces."
Australia does not believe
that either., Or rather that
any armed forces of Japan
can separate.. her from
either Britain or the United
tats,- and' promptly sent
aek�� Japan • that message
tri l`
"Pen hooking the tire to help salvage scrap rubber."
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hil Oaifer of
Lazy Meadows
Wbc+Y 1-Z •
We often have strangers from the
city drop in here at Lazy Meadows.
The most of them are just homesick
farm boys . . . -.fellows • who went
away to the city, got jobs and then
got solousy that they didn't have
much time to think about anything.
The years passed away and they sud-
denly realized that maybe they
hadn't been so smart. They made a
lot of money but bhej missed a -lot
of things that the folks back ,home
had.
I remember one fellow wb•o came
alpng here a few weeks back and he
certainly was worked up. It all start-
ed, as he said, one day when be went
in with a bunch of other fellows to
eat his lunch. He hadn't been think-
ing about the farm at all . . . and
then the waitress asked them if they
would like -some nice fresh corn -on -
the -cob. They all asked fop it and
when the cobs of gleaming, yellow
kernels came along hestarted think-
ing about • the feasts of corn they us-
ed to have back on the farm.
He started • talking about dabbing
fresh churned butter on the piping
hot cobs and watching the molten
butter flow in around the kernels.
Then with a dash of salt and . pepper
the• feast was ready. He rambled
along about the times when the boys
used to steal an old black kettle, a
half pound of ,butter and a' paper 6f
salt and head hack for the corn -field
on a Sunday afternoon. He told me
all about the big .corn roasts they
used to have in the fall and the girl
he took home one night . . . and ad-
mitted when he stoppek talking that
if he had it to do over again he
Would have never left the farm at all.
We had another fellow in here last
week. . He was driving along our road
on the way to the village when he
saw the Red Astrachan tree just load-
ed down with ripe, red apples and
carte in to see if he could get some.
Then he told use about walking along
the street one day when a youngster
went by eating a Red Astrachan. He,
got the whiff of the apples tastiness•
as he was going by and it made his
Hotelman is Stricken
John Blake Crawford, partner In,
the Falnbank Hotel and well known;
in the hotel business throughout the
province, died in Toorontq, Thursday,
August 6th, of a heart attack he suf-
fered while motoring to .Hamilton, •>:Te
was 69 on Wednesday, A native or
Clinton, he Ras proprietor of 'hotels
at. Colbourg, Pont Hope, Trenton ands .
Newcastle, Ont., before going to Tor
gn,to rn, 19li.—011nton Newa-i ecord.
Winner of War Savings Stamps
For producing the first ripe garden
tomato in this district, Miss Naida
Pocock was awarded a prize of one
dollar in war savings stamps. The
offer ottigina•ted- in the agricultural of-
fice with the prize to be awarded by
J. C. Shearer, agricultural representa-
tive. Though Mr. Shearer disclaims
any recollection of the offer, Naida
received her war stamps notwith-•
standing.—Clinton News -Record.
Grants $1,800 For Recreation Hall
At a meeting of the Warden's com--
mittee of bhe Huron countycouncil at
Goderich on Friday, evening of -last
week, a grant of $1,800 was made to-
No. 9 Service Flying Training -School
at Centralia for the furnishing and •
equipment of the recreation hall.
Grants' of $1,800 each were made to
No. 31 Air Navigation.,School at Port
Albert and to No. 31 Radio Training
School at Clinton for the same pur-
pose when they were opened.—Clin-
ton News -Record.
When Will They Learn?
mouth water. As he admitted his
mouth watered and he spent the
whole night thinking about the daiys
when he used to make a' bed in the
long grass of the orchard on his
father's farm and then munch on
duicy t apples and watch the pattern
work, of clouds in the sky through
the entwining branches that stretch-
ed out overhead. '9
Another fellow came in one day, sat
down and started talking about going
into a butcher shop to get meat.
There was a pan of fresh sausages
and the butcher said: "How would
you like some nide, fresh sausages9
We made them this morning" That
set him to thinking about the day
they butchered back on the farm and
of how they would feast for days on
fresh- tenderloin, a fried ham and the
spicy sausages his mother used to
make.
We were milking.•one night in the
little .pasture alongside the orchard.
The cows are'usea to standing there
and we often milk bhem up in that
corner rather than drive them bat)
the stable. A big car stopped and a
fellow in a light—Snit got out and
came over. He fidgeted for a long
while and finally he said; "I wonder
if you would mind letting me try a
hand at milking. It's been years
since I took a crack at milking. I
used- to be pretty good. Milked four
cows every night and morning when
I was going to school." After a -few
bad starts he settled down and milk
ed Old Spotty and made a first rate
job of it. She took a few wry over-
the-shotider looks at first at him . .
but didn't object. He went away as
happy as a young man taking a girl
to a party for the first time. He
took a quart of fresh milk away with
him. •
I ,guess farming sort of gets a hold
on you. When a man was raised on
a farm he gets a feeling that the
years can't seem to erase. It may
only be the sight, of fresh corn -on -the -
cob . . . or the fragrance of a new
apple . . but it strikes down deep
inside and brings the memories
tumbling out. -
Our Draft System
(Winnipeg Free Press)
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One of the strong, arguments for
the draft in the mind of "the aver-
age man, in its fairness. All men in
the same class are, presumably, call-
ed at the same time. It is one of the
means of reachingtoward that im-
possible ideal, "equality of sacrifice.
,It will surprise a good many Gana-
dians to learn that the draft so far
has not been ap$lied in this way in
Canada.
The way the 'Canadian system has
worked' has looked, to the :average
bystander, enmin,ently just. A certain
number of men are required each
month. Quotas are fixed and the
boards call up the men (inside certain
age groups. But this, in itself, Isnot
necessarily a fair system "'in a coun-
try where- -voluntary enlistment for
overseas service is still beirig used. •
' what happens in Canada is that
each month the Department of De-
fence requisitions the Department of
Nhttionai, War 'Services for a certain
number of men,. It does not, specify
this military districts from which
these men must Come, but it does
specify the training centres to which
they must report. This is the gov-
erning factor and the Department of
National War Services calls the men
froja the districts, nearest to the nam-
ed training eentre.
obviouely some of thine trebling
centres are located in parts, of the
eo1lt'try 'where- va'lttatary .recruiting
has„. been; far 'bettor than,hi, others.
tip . iotild 'be retailed
bit l:aeratte.
Ling • the quotas from districts fir, which
voluntary enlistment has been poor
and where, as a result, m•dre young
men of military age are. available. So
far as can be learned, however, the
basis of the monthly quotas Set- by
the Department of Defence is large-
ly the national registration of 1940.
A close examinationof the method us-
ed ing setting the quotas might show
several very interesting rjesults:rfor
instance, it might show that districts
from which, almost all the young men
have enlisted as volunteers are At111
being• called on to provide monthly
drafts; Lit might show, too, that this
.has resulted in one district calling
up men much older than those being
called up, in another, just because
poor recruiting had left pockets of
She younger men at home in one
place and not in another.
If this process were to be continued
it would mean that married men
would be- called up in one part of
Canada- while hoard's in another part
of Canada still had pool; of unmar-
ried and younger' men available for
the draft call.'
This situation calls for immediate
review, for what is here outlined re-
moves a very large paYt of the jus-
tice of the draft system and makes
ho pretence at pro'1ding a just basis
for future calls. It is a system that
can only' . be called. "better than noth-
ing. It is not the best system, nor
anything :like it.
,✓dui ' u' �' d,.;r.: "',. ,k ., .., • '•d.
Five Goderich -men who contributed'
a total of $60 to an advertisement
scheme after a transient high-power
salesman had called on them have.
now asked authorities to bring back
the alleged slicker on a Charge of
fraud. The advertising' medium in-
volved ins a thermometer on the south
side of the Square. The thermom-
eter, already broken, is surrounded
by advertising spaces, the whole en-
cased in a metal frame of crude con--
-trnction � and crudely erected. It is
not at all satisfactory' and certainly
not the same, say the victims, as the'
glowing word -picture painted by the -
glib salesman. Even the local artist
who painted the advertising cards
complains he has not beenepaid. The
thermometer stands at 78 degrees
above zero night and day, cool or hot,
rain or shine. So far no action has
been taken by the law. — Goderich-
Signal-Star-
• Making a Clean -Up
The present campaign of municipal•
and military police to clear the streets-
of
treetsof Goderichof the drunk or disor er
ly element is already having its ef-
fect, for there has been a noticeable -
improvement since the big free-for-all
fight of Saturday night, July 18th.
Police records show that .since that
date ten men have either served or,
are serving jail terms, have paid fines -
or are on remand on charges of n
toxication, disorderly • conduct, ob--
structirig pedestrian traffic, etc: Three
more were added to the list Tuesday;
night when Sergeant .Jennings'•'took a
young man into custody charged with
common assault. It is •alleged that the -
attempted to caress a fourteen -year-
old girl on the public street. His com-
panion 18 charged with loitering: Still
•another• is charged with drunkenness.
Servide police of the in..A.F., Port Al-
bert, are said to have removed over.
thi;•ty airmen from the streets in 10'
days. These men were undoubtedly
disciplined by their superior officers.
The campaign has the whole -hearted
eupport of law-abiding citizens and is
timely indeed, for things were getting'
out of hand.—Goderioh Signal -Star.
Town Clerk Fractured, •;Wrist
While on his vacation at Lake Sim-:
ooe, Ttwn Clerk W. A. Galbraith had .
the misfortune to break his wrist. He-
wes on the 'dock when he slipped on
the oily surface and the wrist was
fractured when he put it out to `ease -
his fall. His brother drove him to
Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia,
about ten miles, where ,bhe fracture
was reduced. Mr.- Galbraith has been
in his office since his return but his
arm will be in a cast for another four
weeks.—Wingham Advance -Times.
R.C.A. F. - Enlistments
Among the recent enlistments' at
No. 9 Recruiting Centre, R.C.A.F:,
London, are Douglas , Alexander
Sangster and George Alexander Sang-
ster, of Hensall; Ross Bell Nairn, of
R.R. 5, St. Marys; George Winston
Chamberlain, of Forest; Edward, Geo.
Ferdinand Miller, of Mitchell.—Exe-
ter Times -Advocate.
"My Buddy" Has a Meaning to Soldier
Trooper Jack McNall is singing the
praises of his buddies in Debert, N.S.,
and rightly so. The commanding of-
ficer learned last week. that Trooper
McNall's daughter was seriously ill in
the London hospital, SO he called
Trooper Jack to one side, and offer-
ed him a pass to come home. Seek
appreciated the offer, but explained
that expenses were so high that he
felt he couldn't afford the train fare.
Jack had just made the trip home
about a month. •ago, The C.O.i toldi
him to think it over. Theday after
while
'ant on parade he was told to
'fall 'oust' and be viiia .informed that et
railroad ticket good for all the way
home wan waiting tier 'tilos at the sta-
ti.on, During the Interval hi'''pale had
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